Xu Chu's body was majestic. When he landed, a thick layer of dust splashed up on the ground.

When the dust around Xu Chu scattered, the dragon horse under Ma Chao's crotch also landed on the ground with Ma Chao.

But what no one noticed was that when Ma Chao's body fell back heavily on the horse, a strange flush appeared on Ma Chao's face.

But in order to prevent everyone from noticing the abnormality, Ma Chao swallowed the sweet taste in his throat.

But inadvertently, Ma Chao still covered his waist with his hands.

Even though Ma Chao's movements were very subtle, they were still carefully noticed by one person, and that person was Ma Dai.

After seeing this, Ma Dai had a look of anxiety on his face, but after looking around, Ma Dai finally suppressed his inner anxiety and did not immediately ride towards Ma Chao.

After stabilizing his body, Ma Chao drove his horse slowly to Xu Chu's side.

Xu Chu was currently lying on the ground, with blood flowing out from the wounds on his body. It seemed that it would be difficult to continue fighting with Ma Chao.

From this point of view, today's battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao obviously ended with Ma Chao's victory.

Originally, there should have been strong cheers among the Han troops, but now there was silence outside Tongguan.

It's not that the battle just now wasn't exciting enough, it was that it was so exciting that all the Han troops didn't react at this moment.

Everyone said that Xu Chu and Ma Chao were equally matched opponents, but what they didn't expect was that the imaginary battle that lasted hundreds of rounds didn't happen, but only the dust settled after a stunning shot.

And the amazing shot just now made all the Han soldiers still have endless aftertaste.

More than one Han army never expected that today's battle would end in such a way. Even Xu Chu, who was lying on the ground, never expected that.

Although in the past Wei Jun often said that Ma Chao was afraid of him, it was a lie, but it is an indisputable fact that his martial arts were equally matched.

Unexpectedly, what used to be a close match has turned into today's discord.

Xu Chu lowered his head and glanced at the wound on his waist that was constantly bleeding.

As Ma Chao's weapon, the penetrating power of the long spear is naturally extremely strong.

Although Xu Chu was protected by fine armor, his waist was inevitably penetrated by the long spear under the blow just now.

Judging from the current medical conditions, such a penetrating wound almost spelled death for Xu Chu.

How could Xu Chu, who had been on the battlefield for many years, not know this?

The pain in the waist wound continued to intensify, and anyone would have cried out on the spot.

But Xu Chu didn't.

When Xu Chu moved his eyes away from the wound, his eyes came to Ma Chao's body above.

Close observation and the keenness of a warrior allowed Xu Chu to discover some abnormalities in Ma Chao.

After noticing the abnormalities, Xu Chu resisted the pain and said with a smile:

"Meng Qi, in the past you wouldn't have been able to do the attack you did today."

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

After experiencing betrayal and being betrayed by his colleagues, Xu Chu saw many things open before he died.

In the past, he would call Ma Chao "Ma'er" with disdain.

But now he is willing to call Ma Chao by his nickname.

This is not surprising, after all, when he was at the end of his rope, Ma Chao, his biggest rival in the past, was willing to give him a regrettable opportunity.

When Ma Chao heard that Xu Chu was willing to call him by his cousin, a smile appeared on his face.

In response to the goodwill expressed by Xu Chu before his death, Ma Chao explained:

"After I surrendered to Your Majesty, because of my reputation in the past, Generals Yide and Zilong approached me for a discussion between warriors.

During the discussion, I mentioned the situation of fighting you to the two generals.

After knowing the detailed situation, two generals, Yi De and Zi Long, gave me suggestions on how to defeat you.

The two of them even gave me tips personally.

The move today was not my original creation, it was a move specially developed to deal with you by gathering the strength of the three of us."

After hearing Ma Chao's explanation, Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed contentedly.

Ma Chao would tell him the reason, which was actually to comfort him.

He was defeated so simply today. It was not because Ma Chao's personal bravery was much greater than his. In fact, he was defeated by the combined efforts of the three most powerful enemies in the world.

Thinking about it this way, it is not unjust that he was defeated so quickly today.

Ma Chao's explanation at this moment indeed relieved Xu Chu from most of his frustration.

There was even a faint sense of pride in Xu Chu's heart.

With a sense of pride emerging in his heart, Xu Chu covered the wound with his hand, and then slowly stood up with difficulty under everyone's unbelievable gaze.

Even Ma Chao didn't expect that Xu Chu would choose to stand at this time.

"Compared to previous years, in recent years, for the sake of the prosperity of my family, I have indeed spent too much energy on climbing the dragon and attaching myself to the phoenix, and thus I have neglected the practice of my own martial arts.

But no matter what, you won today’s battle after all, and you won beautifully.”

When he said these words, Xu Chu glanced at the corpses of Wei Jun lying on the ground around him with miserable eyes.

The Han army has strict military laws and will not harm enemies who give up resistance unless necessary.

The reason why those Wei soldiers still died under the swords of Han soldiers was because most of them were Xu Chu's tribesmen and died in the battle to protect Xu Chu.

Looking at the corpses of his clansmen on the ground around him, Xu Chu felt an indescribable pain that was even worse than the wounds on his body.

He is not justifying himself.

Perhaps in his early years he was still a martial arts fanatic who concentrated on martial arts, but after joining Cao Cao, he gradually focused more on politics than martial arts for the future of his family.

Before today, he felt that all of this was worth it.

But is it really worth it?

The people he can take with him are all the best people in the clan.

In today's battle, the most outstanding people in the clan were almost wiped out in one fell swoop.

So the future decline of the Xu family in Qiao County is almost doomed.

Thinking of this, Xu Chu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

After decades of planning and decades of fighting, it all came to nothing. It’s really ridiculous.

When Xu Chuqiang stood with his body supported in front of and behind Ma Chao, he looked at the biggest opponent in his life before him and said to him with emotion:

"I feel sorry for you today, so I will give you a good reputation."

After saying this, Xu Chu's legs were slightly bent, and his whole body showed a posture of accumulating strength.

After a short period of energy accumulation, Xu Chu suddenly used his strength and rushed straight towards Ma Chao in front of him.

Although Xu Chu was seriously injured, he was like a tiger desperately descending the mountain, running on the flat ground with terrifying momentum.

With every step he ran, the strength in Xu Chu's body disappeared, and the ground he ran over was covered with blood flowing from his body.

Seeing Xu Chu rushing toward him regardless, Ma Chao had some regret in his eyes.

But in order to fulfill Xu Chu and to fulfill himself, Ma Chao did what any warrior would do.

As a warrior, he decisively raised the long spear in his hand with respect.

When the long arm was lifted flatly, the horse under Ma Chao's crotch also immediately started to run forward.

As Xu Chu and Ma Chao advanced, not long after, the long spear in Ma Chao's hand penetrated Xu Chu's body.

When the spear tip penetrated Xu Chu's body, bursts of warm cheers broke out from the Han troops who were watching the battlefield.

The Han army was relatively far away, and many of them could not hear the conversation between Ma Chao and Xu Chu just now.

But their eyes have been watching the battle between Xu Chu and Ma Chao.

In their eyes, Ma Chao first severely wounded Xu Chu with a blow beyond the imagination of the world.

Then, when Xu Chu was thinking about a counterattack on the verge of death, he directly cut off Xu Chu's life with the long spear in his hand.

When Ma Chao accomplished this feat, his battle with Xu Chu had not even gone through ten rounds.

You must know that the person Ma Chao is killing is Xu Chu, who is praised by the world as an enemy of ten thousand people. He is considered by the world to be the most powerful "Tiger Marquis" among the generals of Cao Wei.

It was such a fierce general who was unmatched by the world, but he was killed by Ma Chao in such an "understatement"!

How great Xu Chu's reputation was in the world in the past, so how strong is the admiration the Han army has for Ma Chao now.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Jiang Wei looked at Ma Chao with eyes filled with admiration.

He was someone who had personally fought against Xu Chu. Even though his fight with Xu Chu just now seemed to be smooth and smooth, it was actually full of dangers.

Because he knew Xu Chu's great strength, the admiration in Jiang Wei's heart now was deeper than that of others.

With the deep admiration in their hearts, the cheers from the Han army became louder and louder.

The loud cheers from the Han army soon reached Tongguan.
To be continued...